[Sacajaweau]

Yes....so very important. The south was given full amnesty after the war. But these southern folks are entitled to honor those who fought for the south.

We're friendlier with Japan than we are with "OUR OWN" in the south.

[NorthMountain]

After “the Late Unpleasantness”, there was an semi-unspoken agreement that went something like this:

“We (the South) acknowledge that you won, and we won’t try it again.”

“We (the North) are proud of our victory, but we won’t be jerks about it.”

That led to such quirks of Americana as Confederate soldier statues (facing north, of course) in southern towns, and US Army bases named for West Point graduates who had served as leaders in the Confederate States Army.

Now, we have revolutionary leftists and self-righteous jerks throwing that agreement in the trash. America is the worse off for their efforts.